Sacramento Photo Gallery: New Guys Shine

Staff

05/01/2008

SACRAMENTO -- The Sacramento River Cats relied on a pair of newcomers to beat the Omaha Royals on Wednesday afternoon at Raley Field. Lenny DiNardo pitched six scoreless innings and Joe Gaetti homered and had three hits in the Sacramento 4-1 win.

All photos by James Venes/jamesvenes.com

Lenny DiNardo got the start, his first since being sent down to Triple-A from the big leagues. He allowed only three hits and no walks in six innings of shut-out baseball.

Joe Gaetti, just promoted from Double-A Midland, homered in his first at-bat as a River Cat. He went 3-4 with seven total bases and two RBIs in his debut.

Tyler Lumsden got the start for Omaha. He allowed four runs in six innings and was stuck with the loss.

Nick Blasi makes contact on a single in the second inning. He went 3-4 with a run scored and brought his average up to .225.